Ed Algra, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1930, now living near Rotterdam. My education was a technical one, I came by accident to artistry, although I always had much interest in art, photography and music.Â
I’m a retired chemical engineer, worked at a research institute on mechanical properties of plastics and composite materials. I heard of fractals for the first time in the late eighties, and then read the well known books of Prof. Hans Lauwerier and other authors on this subject. At that time I also attended a Fractal symposium at the Technical University Delft, where Benoît Mandelbrot and some other prominent authors revealed the secrets of this new mathematical world. The pictures they showed made an overwhelming impression. Years after that, after my retirement and the connection to the web in 2005, I discovered what had happened in the meantime, the birth of a new kind of art, based on fractal concepts. Then it became a creative hobby for me. Both the mathematical and the artistic side of it have my interest.  Especially Ultra Fractal offers the possibility to write your own fractal math codes, and I love it to do so. I started Renderosity uploading on instigation of Arend Nijdam, aka “Fractelaar†in September 2005.
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Comments (29)
mansco
Sierps fits so well here, Ed. Lovely and very creative work my friend! Have a great weekend ;O)
Fractelaar
Mooi speelse spiraal en toch krachtig
VDH
Mooie spiraal!Prachtige kleuren en diepte effect!
Lipa
Incredible. Sierpinsky? Unbelievable.
Tropsie
Very good image! I like the contrast between the "voluptious" form and the strong geometrical pattern. ... The little spiral in thed upper left corner is a very nice touch as well :-)
daffodilbaggins
Wow, what a grand spiral! Very strong, very bold--great job!
Juliette.Gribnau
sterk..heel sterk, en boeiend ! leuk dat in de linker bovenhoek nog net een herhaling te zien is !
Henny31
Fantastic play and zoom. Great texture.
annie5
Wonderful texture and colors! Splendid spiral Ed :)
kaward
Appears to be a vast structure, great sense of overpowering force ready to blow!Love it!
kansas
This is totally amazing! Very well done.
FracJay
Very nice image indeed, I like the quilted effec, and the texturework is grand, well done!
farmerC
Schitterend werk met bijzondere mooie kleuren.
erlandpil
Great work again erland
carlx
Superb spiral and sierp texture!!!
luvjoyjoy
Intricate and mellow-- nice contours too!
highcrow
Lovely..looks to me like a big comfortable pillow! Beautiful!!
bpclarke
I have never seen sierpis used this way. This is a magnificent and splendid work of art. Bunny
amota99517
Very nice work!!!
three_grrr
Outstanding sierps! Amazing sense of dimension and depth to this one! Awesome.
fractalinda
Fabulous fractal image, Ed. Excellent.
Dinhi
Excellent Ed, vivid, bright and well done! [=
ligt
hé, heel erg mooi ed!
afugatt
Beautiful! Wonderful textures!
Eleandras
Beautiful fractal work!
leanndra
Ed, What an unusual and beautiful sierpinski spiral!
dinner
Wauw, Ad ! Deze fractal komt krachtig over ;-) Wonderful spiral !
mps
Wonderful image.
Electralena
Awesome work, Ed!!!